The city of Jasim

The city of Jasim

Jassem city is one of the Syrian cities located in the western corner of Daraa governorate, and is characterized by its lands distributed between the mountain plateau and the plains of Houran, and this distribution made it an important geographical area in comparison with other Syrian regions, and is an estimated distance of about 70 km from the Syrian border with Jordan, and a distance of 50 km From Jabal Al-Sheikh, and 20 km from the Sea of ​​Galilee.

Jassim city features

Jassim city is characterized by its fertile soil and land, which made it a city famous for both irrigated and rainfed agriculture, in addition to that it is one of the important tributaries of the various agricultural crops, the most important of which are olive crops and durum wheat, which is characterized as one of the best types of wheat at the level of Syria as a whole, and this city was one of The cities located on the old road between Damascus and the south and Egypt, which made it one of the important stations located in this road, and includes many neighborhoods such as the ancient western neighborhood, which is called the Al-Alia neighborhood, where it was added to this city administratively in the first beginnings of the five Nat, the inhabitants of this city, family ties and relationships and proportions and features.

Naming the city of Jasim

The city of Jassim was named after Jassim Ibn Aram Ibn Sam Ibn Noah, and it contains many historical relics dating back to the ancient Greek, Romen and Islamic eras, and some remains of these monuments are still present for these days, and the majority of its inhabitants who inhabited them since the beginning of their transition to Houran in the Republic Syrian Arabians are from the Ghassanids, and later many tribes inhabited them, such as the Taei tribe, which directed the great poet Abu Tammam, who was born, raised, and raised in the city of Jasim, in addition to the giant tribe.

The development of the city of Jassim

Jassem is one of the modern cities at the present time, which has a population of about 70,000 people, a large part of which are expatriates for many Gulf countries, and is characterized by its buildings, streets, and modern and developed commercial stores, and its residents depend on many industrial, agricultural and commercial activities, and a large part of them work in the sector The government, in addition to containing one government hospital and another private, and an electrical and social services, health and sports transfer station, and one cultural center, and eight mosques, two of which are under construction, and the most important of these mosques are Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Mosque, Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque, and Khaled Mosque B N Al-Waleed, Al-Ansar Mosque, in addition to many government schools, and some private schools. As the time progressed, the city enjoyed development and modernity in various fields.